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Procopius of Caesarea : tyranny, history, and philosophy at the end of antiquity /
"Justinian governed the Roman empire for more than thirty-eight years, and the events of his reign were recorded by Procopius of Caesarea, secretary of the general Belisarius. Yet, significantly, Procopius composed a history, a panegyric, as well as a satire of his own times. Anthony Kaldellis...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©2004.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Classicism and its discontents
- Tales not unworthy of trust: anecdotes and the Persian War
- The secret history of philosophy
- The representation of tyranny
- God and Tyche in the wars
- Appendix 1. Secret history 19-30 and the edicts of justinian
- Appendix 2. The plan of secret history 6-18.